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Card
Catcher
Steve Shufton

Welcome to the VERSATILE world of the
Shufton Card Catcher!
Check out these video demos:
Whether you are at a meet and
greet, or out on the street, you are always ready to dazzle with
the Card Catcher! Instant,
stunningly visual magic at your fingertips with playing cards,
credit cards, business cards, paper money, written predictions -
you are as unlimited as your creativity! And, you are ready to
perform again with no reset!
The
Shufton Card Catcher is a
sturdy, specially constructed windowed envelope that puts your
miracles centre stage any time you want to perform them. You won't
be caught off guard again with the Card
Catcher in your pocket! Many stunning, highly visual
effects are possible with this precision made, specially die-cut
device. Objects will appear, vanish and transpose with ease,
leaving your audience spellbound!
Many possible effects, always ready to
go:
The Card Catcher:
The Card Catcher is empty - they can see into it through the
windows! A card is selected, signed and returned to the deck. Tap
the deck with the Card Catcher, and a card appears inside it
INSTANTLY! Remove the contents - it is their SIGNED CARD!
Impossible!
Signed Transposition:
An unknown playing card is slid into the Card Catcher. They can
see it through the windows at ALL TIMES. They select a card, sign
it and return it to the deck. The card that was put in the Card
Catcher before the selection - that has been in full view the
whole time - is now removed. YES! It is their SIGNED CARD! This
puts a terrible cramp on their brain!
Card to Wallet:
Have the Card Catcher in your wallet, or in another
envelope. You are ready to do card-to-wallet at any time! NO
PALMING! Put the card catcher into an envelope and mail it to your
client with instructions not to open it until you are there! When
you see him, have him select and sign a card and return it to the
deck. The envelope he received in the mail is opened, and the Card
Catcher is found within with a playing card "prediction" that can
be seen through the windows. Watch his brain explode when the
playing card is removed and it is HIS SIGNED CARD!
Torn and Restored Card or Bill:
They see a bill or card in the Card Catcher through the
windows. Remove the bill or card and tear off a corner, handing it
to the spectator for safe keeping. The bill is completely torn up
and vanished. A bill can be instantly seen to appear in the Card
Catcher! It is removed - the bill has been fully restored, but it
is missing a corner. The spectator is still holding the corner,
and of course it is an exact match!
Psychic Serial Number Reading From a
Borrowed Bill:
A spectator provides a bill, which they fold up and
slide into the Card Catcher - you don't want to even touch it!
They can see the bill at all times through the windows, but the
serial number is not visible - it is in the inside folds of the
bill, which they folded themselves. It remains in view at all
times on your outstretched hand. Almost immediately you start
receiving psychometric impressions (perhaps with a dash of cold
reading thrown in!), and you ask a spectator to write down a
series of numbers as they occur to you. When the bill is removed
from the card catcher and handed directly to the spectator, they
open it up and discover that the serial number perfectly matches
your divination! A psychic miracle with a borrowed, unseen dollar!
Business Card Open Prediction:
You write a prediction on the back of one of your business cards,
and slide it into the Card Catcher where it remains in full view,
though you cannot again touch it. They select a random number, or
a birth date, etc. When the business card is removed, the
prediction matches! Not only a stupefying mental miracle, but a
great way to give out your business card! Your Swami routine just
got A LOT STRONGER - leaving no possible explanation!
Business Card Transposition:
Their business card is slid into the Card Catcher,
where it can be seen at all times. A snap of the fingers, and it
has changed into YOUR business card! A great impromptu piece of
BUSINESS!
The Prediction Matches:
With a deck of ESP cards, or my preference, a normal
deck of cards, this effect is a fine piece of mentalism theatre!
The mentalist selects a card from the deck as a prediction. It
predicts the color and value of a card the spectator will randomly
select. The odds are only one in 51 because only one other card in
the deck will match. The mentalist places the prediction in the
windowed envelope, back showing through the windows, so there can
be no manipulation or funny business. Once in the envelope it is a
committed prediction, which cannot be changed, yet it remains in
full view at all times.
The deck is shuffled and otherwise shown to be a full deck, in a
completely random order. Cards are dealt off the pack one at a
time until the spectator says stop. Without looking at it, the
card is left on the table (or in the spectator s hand) face down.
It is shown that the other cards in the deck surrounding the
selection are truly different.
The magician must show his prediction first or it wouldn't be
fair! The prediction is removed from the envelope and turned face
up on the table. Now all that remains is to see if the spectator's
free selection will match your prediction – and, of course, it
does! Astonishing!!
All of these effects are possible, and many more, with the
Shufton Card Catcher!
Painstaking effort and meticulous attention to detail were
required to bring you this incredibly versatile prop. Professional
artwork, and a booklet crammed full of ideas, concepts and effects
make this a pleasure to own, and even more so to perform!
Each Card Catcher is precision
made, die-cut, hand assembled and tested to make sure you have a
magical device you can be proud to use.
Comes complete with the Card Catcher,
an ungimmicked duplicate, and a 28 page booklet, filled with 8
hard-hitting, audience tested routines to get you started!
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Price
£15.00
(plus postage) 
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